VENTURA MARCO "Portrait in sepia" of Isabel Allende. oil on panel. Cm 60x42. Recently the publisher Feltrinelli invited Marco to collaborate in creating covers for some of its best-known authors, such as Daniel Pennac, Isabel Allende and Stefano Benni.Already published : Pennac's "The Law of the Dreamer," Benni's "Dancing Paradise," Piersandro Pallavicini's "In the Garden of Naked Women Writers," and the following titles by Isabel Allende in the Universale Economica edition : "Of Love and Shadow," " Eva Luna," "The House of Spirits," "The Island Under the Sea," "Portrait in Sepia," "Eva Luna Tells".The artist is working on other titles, which will be released soon.

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